Eight deputies took photos of Kobe Bryant helicopter crash, but sheriff says they DIDN’T break rules

The Los Angeles County Sheriff says eight of his deputies were discovered to have taken photos of the wreckage of the helicopter that crashed and killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, 13, and seven others in Calabasas, California, on January 26. Sheriff Alex Villanueva also said that he had the images deleted because … Read more

Solicitor who joked about novichok during an interview with a Russian speaker didn’t get the job

A solicitor who was refused a job at a law firm because he was too old has won £13,000 compensation despite cracking a ‘joke’ about his Russian-speaking interviewer poisoning him with Novichok.  Raymond Levy told senior lawyer Maria Udalova-Surkova: ‘I hope you are not going to poison me,’ before she interviewed him for a position … Read more

Mother outraged after daughter’s school principal forces her to dance with a boy she didn’t like

An 11-year-old girl who was asked to dance by a boy she didn’t like at her middle school’s Valentine’s Day ball turned him down – only to be told by the principal that she could not say no to him. Azlyn Hobson, a student at the Rich Middle School in Laketown, Utah, came home angry … Read more

BBC listener found dead after radio newsreader tipped off police when ‘Clara from Bude’ didn’t call

Devoted BBC listener found dead after worried radio newsreader tipped off police when ‘Clara from Bude’ didn’t make her weekly call Woman rang BBC Radio Cornwall at exactly 8.10am every Saturday and Sunday Newsreader Joanna Twist became concerned when Clara stopped calling Ms Twist and colleague were the only two people to go to funeral … Read more

Angela Rayner claims Jeremy Corbyn ‘didn’t command respect’

Labour deputy leadership hopeful Angela Rayner says Jeremy Corbyn ‘didn’t command country’s respect’ as John McDonnell desperately pleads with members not to ditch his hard-Left policies Angela Rayner has attacked Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party The deputy leadership frontrunner said Mr Corbyn ‘did not command respect’ Meanwhile, John McDonnell urged party members not … Read more